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Okay guys, get ready for another episode of D.C.’s favorite soap opera: Leaks and Leave!
Dan Caldwell, a top adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, just got the boot—well, a “placed on leave” boot—pending an investigation into some shady leaks at the Pentagon. [H/T The Daily Wire]
The Daily Wire's Mary Margaret Olohan dropped the bombshell on X:
“NEW: Defense Department official confirms to @realDailyWire that Dan Caldwell, a top advisor to Secretary Pete Hegseth, has been placed on leave related to an investigation into DOD leaks.”
Short, sweet, and dripping with intrigue.
Reuters chimed in, saying Caldwell was frog-marched out of the Pentagon over what some anonymous source called “an unauthorized disclosure.” What got spilled? Nobody’s saying—yet. Hegseth’s keeping his lips sealed, which is more than we can say for whoever’s leaking like a sieve.
This isn’t new for Team Trump. His first term was a leaky faucet of classified info, and the current crew’s had enough. They’re going full Law & Order on leakers.
This isn’t new for Team Trump. His first term was a leaky faucet of classified info, and the current crew’s had enough. They’re going full Law & Order on leakers.
Over at Homeland Security, Secretary Kristi Noem’s breaking out the polygraphs like it’s a game show. Her PR gal, Tricia McLaughlin, told Fox News Digital, “Under Secretary Noem’s leadership, DHS is unapologetic about its efforts to root out leakers that undermine national security. We are agnostic about your standing, tenure, political appointment or status as a career civil servant – we will track down leakers and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.”
Translation: Lie detectors don’t care who you are; they’re coming for you.
Not to be outdone, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s swinging a big stick at the intel community’s loose lips. She fired off this zinger: “Politically motivated leaks undermine our national security and the trust of the American people and will not be tolerated. Unfortunately, such leaks have become commonplace with no investigation or accountability. That ends now. We know of and are aggressively pursuing recent leakers from within the Intelligence Community and will hold them accountable.”
Not to be outdone, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s swinging a big stick at the intel community’s loose lips. She fired off this zinger: “Politically motivated leaks undermine our national security and the trust of the American people and will not be tolerated. Unfortunately, such leaks have become commonplace with no investigation or accountability. That ends now. We know of and are aggressively pursuing recent leakers from within the Intelligence Community and will hold them accountable.”
Oof. That’s the kind of talk that makes leakers leak through their suits.
So, here we are, folks—Washington’s playing whack-a-mole with leakers, and Caldwell’s the latest to get popped.
So, here we are, folks—Washington’s playing whack-a-mole with leakers, and Caldwell’s the latest to get popped.
Stay tuned, because this drama’s got more twists than a pretzel factory.
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